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name: gitlab
description: Operate GitLab as an agent using public APIs, CLIs, and docs. Twin Score agent 90.
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# GitLab skill

GitLab is the all-in-one DevSecOps platform: git, CI, registry, SAST, and environments in a single product you can also self-host. Humans who want one pane of glass stay; humans who want GitHub's social graph leave. Agents do well because almost every click has an API and a CI YAML equivalent. Self-hosting raises the agent score for regulated teams who will not send code to github.com. Twin Score on this directory is 82 for humans and 90 for agents, using the public rubric (interface, onboarding, human docs, collaboration, support, pricing fairness, accessibility, reliability versus API quality, MCP or tool surface, CLI, structured docs, machine auth, quotas, determinism, and skill packaging). GitLab is sold by GitLab, founded 2011, headquartered in San Francisco, USA / remote. Pricing in public materials: Free SaaS tier; Premium and Ultimate; self-managed licenses. Machine capabilities we record: API excellent, MCP none, CLI excellent, docs excellent, auth OAuth, PATs, job tokens. This page is editorial, not a star rating scraped from users.

## When to use

Use this skill when a user asks to integrate, script, or evaluate GitLab (GitLab).

## When not to use

Do not claim an MCP server exists unless the capability matrix says so (current MCP level: none). Do not invent user-count ratings.

## Capability matrix

| Surface | Level |
|---|---|
| API | excellent |
| MCP | none |
| CLI | excellent |
| Docs | excellent |
| Auth | OAuth, PATs, job tokens |
| Webhooks | strong |
| SDKs | http, go |

## Auth

OAuth, PATs, job tokens

## Pricing (public)

Free SaaS tier; Premium and Ultimate; self-managed licenses.

## Official site

https://gitlab.com

## Twin Score

Human 82. Agent 90. Updated 2026-08-01. Rubric: https://buildsomethingagentswant.com/scorecard

## Alternatives

- github
- linear